; ; Violation of administrative procedure; Violation of rule/regulation
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Dewel Rivera received a 60-day suspension in 2022. The Department of Corrections reported that while Rivera was assigned to a local hospital to guard and secure an inmate, he was observed sleeping while on duty and falsified log book entries to make it appear he was touring the room and checking the inmate. The sustained charges were neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming, violation of administrative procedure, and violation of a rule or regulation.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
While assigned to local hospital to guard/secure inmate was observed to be sleeping while on duty. Falsified log book entries to make it seem was touring room and checking inmate.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2371. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩